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About Ishta Village

Ishta is a mid sized village in Polba Dadpur tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 999, made up of 527 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.82 hectares hectares.

Ishta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ishta village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Polba Dadpur
Area (hectares) 84.82 hectares
Population 999
Male Population 527
Female Population 472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Ishta compares

By the 2011 count Ishta is the 104th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 84.82 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Ishta

The census records public bus service for Ishta as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Hasnan, Haur, Hodla and Hosenabad. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Ishta

As per the Census of India 2011, Ishta village had a population of 999. That makes it the 104th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Ishta village has 527 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ishta has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Ishta covers 84.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ishta falls under Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The census record for Ishta notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ishta.

Ishta is in Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ishta today is likely to be higher.

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